When they first came on stream, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter (now X) appeared like magnificent manifestations of the potential of the internet. We first got into Facebook in 2008 when we were travelling in Australia.

It must be unspeakably devastating to learn of your mother's death through a WhatsApp message.

Neil Kinnock, who I wrote about last week, was one of the greatest speakers of his era. His career as leader of the British Labour Party was energised by his speaking ability. Those who hear him speak come away moved and inspired.

As I write, the news headlines on the radio remind me that Amnesty International has accused Israel of "the crime of genocide in Gaza by killing Palestinian civilians and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about ...

I can’t believe that autumn is almost upon us. Reminders are everywhere; the spider's web brought to sparkling life after a morning fog, waving Harvest Gold, the flower of old houses, and swallows, like tiny jet planes, lining up for take-off.

Neil Kinnock, the former leader of the British Labour Party, is one of the most interesting politicians of my lifetime.

Speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner last April, Donald Trump praised a fictional cannibal serial killer as a “very important force” in his presidential re-election campaign:“They used to go crazy when I talked about. . .

Al Jazeera is an independent television channel based in Qatar but has an international reach. It was set up to draw attention to the Arab speaking world and extended its reach by introducing an English language version in more recent times.

The thermometer outside my kitchen window read 28 degrees Celsius yesterday afternoon - a figure so preposterously alien to the natural order of things in County Mayo that I was compelled to rap the glass smartly with my knuckles, convinced the ...

I’ve often wondered why I’ve been so uncomfortable with the physical force element in Irish history.